GGR 2026 — The race — 2026-09-14 00:00-06:00
14 settembre 2026 · 6h 0m · 1K visualizzazioni · North Atlantic Ocean
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A solo GGR 2026 competitor — the speaker is not identified by name in the video — logs a night of broken sleep caused by dying wind and a flogging mainsail, waking at midnight, 2 a.m., 3 a.m., and 4 a.m. to go on deck.5:44:46 The boat is making roughly four knots in near-calm conditions, covering about 80–90 miles per day, which puts the sailor four to five days behind the 2022 fleet's pace past Lanzarote.5:39:41 The speaker plans to pass Lanzarote on its starboard (east) side to stay in westerly or northwesterly wind and avoid wind shadow on the western coast, and expects the trade winds to fill in by Thursday or Friday.5:51:50 Navigation runs a steady 185–195 degrees with small S-corrections to maintain course in the light air.5:49:59 The VHF was switched off overnight after unidentified parties were jamming the channel with whistles and noise; the speaker notes the Echomax radar reflector is active and ships are detectable nearby.5:47:16 Onboard life includes managing spoiled milk, soggy biscuits, leftover pasta, daily clothes-washing on the spray hood, and a morning pill routine for cholesterol and diabetes.5:34:19 Light-air boat handling in a solo race — correcting course every half-hour, choosing a 200-degree heading to gain speed over a theoretically correct 180 — is the central practical challenge described.5:50:45
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